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Originally Posted by M_Six
As far as a Civic vs a 3-series, Wifey's car is a 2006 Civic she bought new for about $16k. You couldn't buy a new 3-series in 2006 for that. She's put nothing into it aside from normal maintenance and it still drives fine nearly 16 years later. Not sure the BMW 3-series would have been as cheap to own and as dependable. We could easily afford something newer for her, and I've tried to talk her into a Mazda 3 or some such thing, but she hates changing cars as much as she hates changing computers. I'd love to dump my MB GLC300 for a Honda CR-V Hybrid, but they're made of unobtainium these days, apparently.
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Yeah my point was I DON'T look at something like a civic and think, wow can't believe they're driving that instead of a 3 series. It's more around the story behind why someone picked one car in a specific class vs. any other car in that class, and in some cases the answer is clearer than other situations.
With something like a Civic it's easy to see why. Reputation for long term dependability and a pretty good driving car as well. But then there's someone out there who bought a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross over a Toyota Rav4. or CX5 or CRV. Were they given a good deal on it? Did they only visit one dealership and run into a pushy salesman?
This brings up another question. Are there certain segments where salesmen have greater influence over buying decisions than other segments?